That Chatbot May Be Chatty, But Is It Engaging?
Researchers at the USC Information Sciences Institute Evaluate the Chatbots That, Increasingly, Answer the World’s Questions.
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A Different Kind of Patriot: Thomas Anthony Wins Department of Defense Award
Director of USC Aviation Safety and Security Program wins a Patriot Award for his support of employees with military families
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USC Viterbi Researchers Win $2 Million DARPA Grant
Three Electrical and Computer Engineers Will Address the Challenge of Training A.I.
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A Super Particle to Help Stop Heart Attacks and Strokes
Researchers in USC Viterbi’s Department of Biomedical Engineering have created a new nanoparticle that aims to prevent potentially deadly blood clots.
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USC Researchers Analyze Coronavirus Misinformation on Twitter
By analyzing millions of tweets, USC computer science researchers are investigating how false information about the coronavirus spreads on social media.
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My Belt Listens to My Watch, Glasses and Necklace: What’s Next in Wearable Technology
USC Viterbi researchers develop new prototype to better recognize human activity
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What If Airplanes Could Repair Their Own Damage?
USC researchers 3-D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.
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USC Researchers Release Public Coronavirus Twitter Set for Academics
Dataset to track public sentiment and help researchers understand the social dimensions of the pandemic
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Research Team in Race to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatments
Researchers in the USC Viterbi Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science are joining the global research effort to develop a viable vaccine to halt the global pandemic.
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5 Tips to Stay Cyber Secure When Working Remotely
Personal hygiene is important to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but don’t skimp on your cyber hygiene.
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Researchers Develop Platform to Improve Weather Forecasting
Climate change is making it harder for weather scientists to make predictions. DyNamo helps forecast severe weather events in real-time.
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USC Viterbi Listed Again Among the Nation’s Top 10 Engineering Graduate Programs
Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools
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Too Complex to Print? Call A Robot.
USC researchers build robots that can print complicated shapes without compromising on quality or accuracy.
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Reducing the Environmental Impact of Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
USC Viterbi Ph.D. student Sophia Plata, the first woman in her family to attend college, works to meet the challenge of access to clean water.
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USC at AAAI-20 Conference: Could AI Win a Nobel Prize?
USC Viterbi Professors Yolanda Gil, president of AAAI, and Fei Sha, AAAI-20 conference program co-chair, share their thoughts following this year’s event.
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Inventing a Stroke Rehabilitation Device in 48 Hours
This year’s ASBME Makeathon saw 10 student teams battling the clock to build biomedical devices to help stroke survivors recover their hand and wrist movement.
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Jillian Khoo: A Coder for Social Change, Classical Violinist and USC’s First Neo Scholar
From classically trained concert violinist to all-star computer science student at USC, Jillian Khoo is determined to use her technical skills to code the change.
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Carl Kesselman Honored with IEEE Medal for Career Achievements in Computing
Dean’s Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Information Sciences Institute Fellow has been awarded the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award.
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Socially Assistive Robot Helps Children with Autism Learn
USC researchers developed personalized learning robots for children with autism and studied whether the robots could autonomously gauge the child’s engagement in long-term, in-home therapeutic interventions.
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He’s Worked His Entire Life To Support His Family; Now, He’s Pursuing A Dream Of His Own
Incoming freshman Dresden Kershaw reflects on the uphill journey that has brought him to USC Viterbi.
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How To Reduce Bias in AI? Selective Amnesia.
AI Affects Your Credit Scores and Loans, But It’s Not Immune to Bias. USC Researchers Are Helping It Forget.
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It’s Not Magic, It’s Science: Predicting the Future
USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute pairs human “forecasters” with AI to develop better predictive technology
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A Potential New Weapon Against Deadly Brain and Soft Tissue Cancers
New drug combination hopes to exploit metabolic habits of glucose-hungry cancer cells
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A Digital Pick Me Up: New Start-Up Provides “Empathetic AI”
Blue Fever, a burgeoning company in the Viterbi Startup Garage, helps uplift the spirits of Gen Z girls and young women